Workday Senior Security Engineer - Military Veterans

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world. UW is Committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff, your experiences, perspectives and unique identities will be honored at the University of Washington. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.

The Workday Operations Team is part of UW-IT and supports the University’s faculty, staff and student workers by configuring and supporting UW’s Workday HCM, Payroll, and Finance Modules. Within the Workday Operations Team, the Workday Security Team supports the design, provisioning and management of Workday Security. The hallmarks of the Workday Operations team are delivering services that are timely, accurate and highly attuned to the fast-paced university environment.

The Workday Senior Security Engineer will:

• Work across Workday functional areas, and with partner organizations to directly support the evolving security design of UW’s Workday HCM and Financials modules.
• Troubleshoot complex security issues, develop business requirements and contribute robust security design options to projects that change the Workday feature sets and business processes.
• Support critical infrastructure and IT services for account and credential management, authentication, sign-on, access control and administration and participation in global security federations, all in support of institutional finance, HR, and Payroll needs for identity, privacy, security, accountability, transparency, efficiency, and cost-effective management of institutional risk.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science, Computer Science or related field or experience.
• Four years of experience performing progressively more complex and responsible tasks involving security framework development and support of enterprise applications and services.
• Knowledge of information security, privacy frameworks, and compliance requirements.
• Demonstrate an understanding of business process designs, internal control risk management and IT controls involving Workday or similar ERP systems.
• Ability to understand business and technical design considerations and facilitate problem-solving/issue resolution in the context of a customer service framework.
• Demonstrated understanding of how security requirements have implications for data reporting and integration processes.
• Ability to create and assimilate business process documentation.
• Demonstrated excellent written/oral communication skills, technical documentation skills, user liaison skills, and personal interaction abilities.
• Experience supporting system testing and/or data validation activities.

DESIRED:

• Previous experience in a SaaS infrastructure, system security access analysis, and/or systems analyst role
• Familiarity with core identity management concepts, capabilities, and supporting business practices for identity registration, proofing, record matching, lifecycle management, credential assignment, and authentication.
• Experience with single sign-on (SSO) and identity federation protocols and technologies (SAML, OIDC).
• Experience managing API Clients and X.509 certificates in a SaaS environment.
• Familiarity integrating IT applications with IAM services, APIs, institutional information, and/or infrastructure.
• Workday Security Pro-Certification
• Familiarity with NIST cybersecurity standards and Center for Internet Security (CIS) controls.
• Experience with project or task tracking tools (e.g. JIRA, Trello, Asana).
• Experience with SOC Type 2 reports, major audit, accounting, or consulting firm.
• Experience in higher education and research communities.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Hybrid, open office environment

Committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff, the University of Washington will honor your experiences, perspectives and unique identity. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.

The University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 or dso@uw.edu.

Applicants considered for this position will be required to disclose if they are the subject of any substantiated findings or current investigations related to sexual misconduct at their current employment and past employment. Disclosure is required under Washington state law.